GNU bug report logs - #65599
mv and cp give a pointless warning when moving/copying a directory

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 65599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 65599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65599: mv and cp give a pointless warning when moving/copying
 a directory
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 15:12:08 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Good, thanks for confirming that the chmod family does not have a 
similar bug.

I installed the attached workaround into coreutils master on Savannah. 
Please give it a try.
[0001-cp-mv-install-fix-chown-on-Linux-CIFS.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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